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Re: Blaming the Victim

Originally Posted by Gipper

I figured it may not be the highest (since there are so many countries out there, many of which are not in an economically bad place right now), but I'd still contend with anyone who says that it's not high.

At least we're not the UK.

Originally Posted by Peter Grimm

Should I be free to buy anthrax and a rocket launcher?

Originally Posted by Phil_Osophy

Is there a reason you shouldnt be free to?

Originally Posted by Tothian

Obamacare wants to put a chip inside people. There is a video of it on youtube.

Re: Blaming the Victim

Originally Posted by DVSentinel

Blaming people for being born poor? Nope, what they did for themselves afterwards, sure. See, here's the deal. I was born into a "working poor" family. We were "working poor" most of my childhood. We never too food stamps and we never sat around waiting for the government to do something for us. I started working when I was 13. Since then I have bought my own clothes, shoes and I purchased my own vehicle and paid for the insurance starting at age 15.

I am where I am today, not rich by any means, because of choices I made. If your born poor and you want to play the "victim" the only thing you are a victim of is your own poor choices and your unwillingness not to take opportunities to better yourself.

If you never had to take food stamps then you were not poor the way the people I'm talking about are. If you weren't constantly worried about paying your rent, then you were not poor the way the poor of this country are today. If you bought a car at 15 and paid for the insurance, then you were not poor the way food stamp recipients are today. When you were 15, the wages you were making for whatever job you had could buy four times as much as they can now. I don't mean due to inflation. I mean that it would have taken four times as many hours of work to buy the same thing now that it did then. The era you grew up in is gone. The divide, not just between rich and poor, but everybody and poor, is much wider. Saying that this change is just due to "poor choices" is exactly blaming the victim.

Re: Blaming the Victim

Originally Posted by Paschendale

If you never had to take food stamps then you were not poor the way the people I'm talking about are. If you weren't constantly worried about paying your rent, then you were not poor the way the poor of this country are today. If you bought a car at 15 and paid for the insurance, then you were not poor the way food stamp recipients are today. When you were 15, the wages you were making for whatever job you had could buy four times as much as they can now. I don't mean due to inflation. I mean that it would have taken four times as many hours of work to buy the same thing now that it did then. The era you grew up in is gone. The divide, not just between rich and poor, but everybody and poor, is much wider. Saying that this change is just due to "poor choices" is exactly blaming the victim.

Every time something within the realm of this topic arises. It never fails that a lot of people demonstrate that they simply aren't educated in...or are aware of the complexities of generational poverty.

It's always assumed that all people have the same perspectives on what social norms are or aren't. Or that all people have equal opportunity if they just apply themselves foregoing all of the instances in which we know prejudices and discrimination are prevalent. Or that the common socialization processes should inspire those who are born to lower socioeconomic families...suddenly see the light and the errors of their fathers and mothers...and prior generations who all seems to be victims of their own lack of willingness to rise above the obvious.

Re: Blaming the Victim

Originally Posted by Paschendale

If you never had to take food stamps then you were not poor the way the people I'm talking about are. If you weren't constantly worried about paying your rent, then you were not poor the way the poor of this country are today. If you bought a car at 15 and paid for the insurance, then you were not poor the way food stamp recipients are today. When you were 15, the wages you were making for whatever job you had could buy four times as much as they can now. I don't mean due to inflation. I mean that it would have taken four times as many hours of work to buy the same thing now that it did then. The era you grew up in is gone. The divide, not just between rich and poor, but everybody and poor, is much wider. Saying that this change is just due to "poor choices" is exactly blaming the victim.

A Big Mac here is 3 bucks now. Are you saying that it was 75 cents when I was 15? I promise you that you're wrong.

When I was young, a VHS VCR costs 2,000 dollars. Today I can get a Blu-ray player for 70. Yeah, that dollar sure has lost its stretch...